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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So my August birthday U15, 9th grade son will spend next season as a 10th grader playing with a team of 9th graders and, essentially repeating his U15 season?  How does that make sense.

If fact, on an MLS2 team of 18 players my son in the only one with an August or later birthday.

And before anyone asks, the enrollment cutoff in our state is 9/1.[/quote]

There are 50 states and at least 54 soccer associations under USYS plus the District.  Someone will always get shafted.  If we begin to understand that the USA does not evolve around our little house, city, county or even our state, we will all be better for it.

My kid is a Q4 and left behind this summer as he was not eligible for middle school camps with his teammates.  It was the first time we ever noticed we were behind the rest of the team in grade levels as they are not in the same school.  Big whoop.

You folks are making this waaaaay harder than it has to be.  Everybody will be in one-year brackets just like it has always been.  While the reference is SY, don't confuse the fact that it is a 365-day age bracket just like it has always been.  There was always trapped players and there will always be trapped players as long as we have state and county autonomy over school districts.  If you are dominating MLS NEXT II, do you really think your club or another club in MLS NEXT I won't notice?  If a club is dominating MLS NEXT II and sending players to academies, do you really think they won't have the opportunity to be promoted to MLS NEXT I?

This change is as overrated at the Y2K bug that did not blow up my clock at 12:00am on 1/1/2000.[/quote]

Yes dominating in MLSN2 will get you nowhere. Plus MLSN1 will be stacked more than ever with Jan through July kids when the bench warmers come over from ECNL.  MLSN2 kids wanting more exposure, better competition and coaching should consider ECNL.  [/quote]

Agree, that’s what many families are planning to do.

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Very few will but keep trying.[/quote]

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